Box for holding dry powders



(No Model.)

W. R. MILLER.

V BOX POR HOLDING DRY POWDEES. No. 303.582. 4 Patented Au 12, 1884.

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Emran S'rATEs PATENT OFFIC XVILLIAM E. MILLER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BOX FOR HOLDING DRY POWDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,582, dated August 12,'1884.

' Application filed June 24, 1884. (1\*0 model.)

fo ai i whom izi-may concrn:

Be it known that I WILLIAM B. MILLER, of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Boxes for Holding Dry Powdered Substances, of which the following is a speeifieation.

In an application for LettersPatent forinprovements in boxes for holding dry powdered substances filed June 16, 1884, I 4 have described and claimed a box with an ordinary removable lid and a supplemental fixed lid underneath the renovable one, having a perforation which is covered with a seal of paper or other similar substance.

The object of i the inv'ention above briefly described is the Construction of a closed package, which, upon being opened by the removal ot' the ordinary lid, is still praetically closed; but in such condition that its contents are easily and readil y accessible after the destruction of the paper seal. A box constructed as described, owing to the limited size of the opening through which the naterialsare removed, offers greater security against the scatterin g of the contents Wh en the open package is roughly handled than' where the whole surface of the contents is exposed. In the said application the opening in the fixed lid is covered only by the paper seal, and the materials consequently come in contact with the under side of the said seal when the box is turned over or Shaken, and the seal is therefore liable to be broken.

In the present inventon I form an annular rabbet around the hole in the fixed lid and insert in the said hole a fianged cover, which entirely closes the openingproper, but which is of such exterior size as to leave a groove or channel around the fiange. The seal is then pasted over the cover and the annular groove around the same; and to break the seal to admit of the renoval of the contents of the box it is only necessary to insert an instrument through the seal into the annular groove and move it the entire circumferential length of the groove..

the removable lid, and Fig. V is a View of the open box without the seal, but the cover in place. i

A is the box, formed of the sides a, bottom b, and lid c,.which lid is renovable. The bottom b is also removable to admit of the box being lined with paper; but it is eventually fastened and made a permanent and fixed portion of the box.

B is the fixed lid, having the central opening, d, and the rabbet e.

C is the central cover, having the flange f, which does not fill the rabbet e, but leaves the annular groove or channel g. The paperseal is denoted by D, and itis pasted over the fixed lid, as shown in the drawings. The position of the annular groove g can be ascertained by passing the finger over the surface of the seal.

I claim as my inventio1- 1. Ina box for the purpose described, a renovable lid combined with a fixed lid underneath the removable one, having an aperture therein, a cover to fit within the said aperture, and a seal pasted over the said cover, substantially as specified.

2. In a box for the purpose described, a removable lid combined with a fixed lid underneath the removable one, having an aperture therein and a rabbet around the said aperture, and a fianged cover to fit closely within the said aperturc, with the said flange smaller in diameter than the rabbet in which it rests, whereby an annular channel or groove is forned, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

XVM. R. MILLER. 

